Article 6DTHB Roads agency starts to undo its ‘vandalism’ of Victorian bridge

Roads agency starts to undo its ‘vandalism’ of Victorian bridge

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Matthew Weaver
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National Highways forced to remove concrete after it buried bridge in Cumbria without permission

The government's roads agency has begun undoing what was described as an act of cultural vandalism" by removing hundreds of tonnes of concrete it used to bury a Victorian railway bridge more than two years ago.

National Highways (NH) was ordered last year to reverse the infilling of Great Musgrave Bridge in Cumbria by Eden district council after receiving 911 planning objections to the scheme. The council refused retrospective planning permission despite being offered a 450,000 sweetener by NH to allow the scheme to stay.

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